3 pts. : 23 cm. (4to)

Title for work as a whole from half title of 1st work. Author statement and imprint from separate t.p.'s of the 3 pts

Pts. 1-2 dated 1644; pt. 3, 1645

Letterpress t.p.'s of pts. 1-2 include engraved coats of arms of Cardinals Jules Mazarin and Alessandro Bichi, to whom they are separately dedicated. T.p. of pt. 3 is entirely engraved and includes arms of Innocent X, to whom that pt. is dedicated. Woodcut in-text ill. Twenty-four leaves of engraved and etched plates, some folded. Fei's woodcut device at colophon. Tail-pieces, initials

Pts. 1-2 signed and paged continuously

Signatures, pts. 1-2: pi⁴ [par.]⁶ A-M⁴ Nj⁶ N-2L⁴ a-b⁴. Pt. 3: pi⁴ [cross]⁴ 2[cross]²(2[cross]2+1) a-4b⁴

Includes indexes

Errata at end of pt. 3

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